Literature

Episodes often mention or incorporate literary works, or use the name of a literary work as an episode title -- a point of interest to fans who try to connect them to LOST's mythology. While certain books are read by characters, others are referenced in dialogue, and some have just been glimpsed.

A compilation of literature featured on LOST. When literature is featured on LOST the actual work of literature is present in a scene, whether a character, such as John Young, is reading a book, or it is plainly sitting on a shelf.

Hurley discovers Gary Troup's manuscript of "Bad Twin" among the luggage on the beach and begins excitedly reading the mystery book. The book is later read by Sawyer on the beach, and the final pages are burned by Jack.

A compilation of literature referred to on LOST. References to literature have occurred either by word of mouth by the survivors or through references from the works themselves having been integrated into the storyline of LOST or into the thematic motifs.

In "Walkabout", Jack comments to Kate as to why whenever there is a hike into the "Heart of Darkness", she signs up. In "Numbers", Charlie refers to Hurley's mood change as going from "happy go lucky good time Hurley" to "Colonel bloody Kurtz" (Kurtz being one of the central characters of the novel.) In "Confirmed Dead", Sawyer refers to John Locke as "Colonel Kurtz".In Via Domus, the book can be found in a cave in a secret room on the episode 3.

The episode "White Rabbit" is a reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as Jack searches for his elusive father on the island, Alice too chased the elusive White Rabbit. Locke makes a reference to this when he encounters Jack in the jungle.In Via Domus, it can be found in a secret room on the cave on episode 3.

After the raft is burned, Sawyer makes a reference to Jin about Lord of the Flies, in that the survivors might have been civilized before the crash, but have now turned to savages. When the Tail Sections survivors re-unite with the Fuselage survivors, Charlie comments that it seems like they went "Lord of the Flies".

The character of Henry Gale, that was introduced in the episode "One of Them", is potentially a collection of references to this novel. In "Wizard of Oz" Henry Gale was the uncle of Dorothy Gale, the main character in the novel. On "Lost", the real Henry turns out to have arrived on the island by means of a balloon, which was the exact way the Wizard arrived into the Land of Oz. (A slight connection to film is made as well - the real Henry turns out to be from Minnesota, which was the birthplace of Judy Garland, the actress who portrayed Dorothy in the film.)

When Benjamin Linus was captured by the others, he claimed to have crash landed on the island in a balloon, just as the characters in the novel do. Among them, was also a dog, a reference to Vincent. There is also an orangutan named "Jupe", the Hanso Foundation's Joop from The Lost Experience is a reference to this.

Sawyer references "Julius Caesar" when Jack, Kate and Locke approach Sawyer and demand the return of the guns. When Locke asks "Where are they, James?", Sawyer replies by saying "You too, Brutus", a translation of the famous ending line "Et tu, Brute?" which are spoken by Caesar.

The Odyssey shares many similarities to Lost, in that they both use flashbacks to describe a character's story. The story also parallels the story of Desmond and Penelope.It can be, strangely, found on the cockpit of Oceanic Flight 815 in Via Domus on episode 2.

Juliet enters Jack's holding room and brings a TV with a hidden message about Ben, but before airing it she tricks the cameras into thinking she's showing Jack "To Kill a Mockingbird", a film starring Gregory Peck, based off Harper Lee's novel.

The title of the episode is a reference to the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" which is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised by Martians on Mars, as he returns to Earth in early adulthood.

Arzt references the novel "Animal Farm" when he yells at Kate (who is being rather controlling), "You're all out of control. The pigs are walkin'. The pigs are walking!" "Animal Farm" which is a novel by George Orwell, is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism.

The moon pool area of the Looking GlassDHARMA Initiative Station is a possible reference to this classic, pulp-scifi/fantasy novel concerning the strange adventures of the botanist Dr. Walter Goodwin on mysterious, otherworldly islands in the South Pacific (this character shares his name with the Other known as Goodwin, who was sent by Ben to join the tail section of survivors).